I hadn't heard anything about this until a friend was in Vegas and saw it two or three weeks ago. He liked the physical Sphere itself but wasn't that impressed by the movie treatment.He thought it was overhyped. I wonder if I would agree with him as I've always loved the movie, and this looks pretty neat from the Mankiewicz featurette.
I can remember waiting impatiently for it every year. One year I remember it being hosted by Mr. French, Buffy, and Jody from Family Affair (unless that was Peter Pan-another movie along with Cinderella I looked forward to yearly). I also used to love the yearly showing of Oklahoma.
Back in 1977 I spent 4 weeks at a summer camp outside of Warwick, NY. They took us to NYC to sightsee for one day. While there, I think at Rockefeller Center, we saw a movie called "The New York Experience." They did a multimedia presentation-I can remember wind blowing at us during the presentation-an early day example of what The Sphere is doing with the Wizard Of Oz.
I'm wondering if they might attempt "Gone With The Wind?" I'm thinking that would look pretty neat in 16k.